Refresh datasets

[espinielli]

fixes #245

[antagomir]

Seems good.

I am starting to wonder why we have decided to include these super simlple data frames as rda files instead of plain text CSVs that could be accessed with system.file() and browsed in online code more easily. But perhaps that would be another PR.

[antagomir]

If you see easily how to fix the GHA failure that would be great..

[espinielli]

This fails even without my changes, i.e. from a fresh clone of the repo...

[espinielli]

I checked out v3.2.1 (the most recently tagged Release version) and I get errors there too...

[espinielli]

CRAN on the other end says the version is 3.7.12...I am, a little bit confused by the Release numbering...aaahhh, this is from the latest on github.
BUT even this has failing testthat tests (on my platform at least: macos M1)

[espinielli]

Seems good.

I am starting to wonder why we have decided to include these super simlple data frames as rda files instead of plain text CSVs that could be accessed with system.file() and browsed in online code more easily. But perhaps that would be another PR.

I agree...on the other end I would have been interested with more details of EU members/candidates, i.e. membership timeline (membership application date, Candidature acceptance date, negotiations start, membership effective date).
In a tidy data format of course, something like:

...
Norway,30 April 1962,Membership application
Norway,x Yzy 1962,Membership application vetoed
Norway,21 July 1967,Membership application
Norway,25 September 1972,Membership application withdrawn (referendum)
Norway,25 November 1992,Membership application
Norway,November 1994,Membership application withdrawn (referendum)
...

(or even better iso2a code instead of country name ;-) )

[antagomir]

Ok I opened an issue.

I can approve the changes for this PR. and we have to find a fix for the builds.

If you like you can add yourself on the DESCRIPTION file contributor list (ctb) as part of this PR before we merge.

This may take until after the Xmas break at least... But if you can meanwhile find a fix, that would be greatly appreciated!

[espinielli]

I added myself as contributor: thanks.
I also investigated the issue with the failure (missing dict on eurostat bulk download site), see the relevant details in issue #248

[antagomir]

Ok I merge this now, we must troubleshoot the other issues separately and this does not seem to affect most of the key functionality.

[antagomir]

Thanks!